Improvement in check-braces for vehicle-springs



UNITED .STATES PATENT QEEIG.

LEWIS r. WOERALL, 0E sueiinfrewn, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHECK-BRACES FOR VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l650 dated April 25,1876 application filed March 13, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEWIS I). Wenn/ILL, ofSugartown, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Braces for Garriages, ofwhich the following is a speciiicntion:

Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section of a wagon-body and gearing,to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view of oneof my improved brackets.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device forattachment to'wagons having transverse springs to prevent the springsfrom being twisted or injured bythe forward and backward surge of thewagonbody.

The invention consists in the coupling-boxes or sockets, formed at thebases of the curved arms et' the brackf'ts,'to receive the ends of thebrace, and in a check-brace for carriages, in which the opposite ends ofthe brace-plate are curved ,in opposite direct-ions along the curvedarms of the two brackets, and are secured to said brackets at the basesof' said arms, to take up the slack of said brace-plate as the bracketsare brought .closer togetherV by the compression of the springs, asherein after fully described.

A represents the reach, B the springs, G the spring-bars, and D the bodyof the vehicle, about the construction of which parts there is nothingnew. E are two brackets attached to the reach A, the arms of which arecurved upon the arc of a circle.

In the angle between the convex side of the arm of the brackets and itsbase-plate are formed sockets or boxes to receive the eyes ot' gh?brace-plates F, where they are secured by o ts.

G are two brackets attached to the upper part of the springs B, and thearms of whichI are curved upon the arc of a circle, and have sockets orboxes formed at the bases of said arms to receive the ends of thebrace-plate F,

where they are secured in place by bolts.

The brackets G have shoulders formed upon their bases torest against theforward edge ofthe springs B.

When the body D extends over or close to the spring-bars G, the bracketsG are made with braces g, which are bolted to the said body D. Vhen thebody D is farther from the spring-bars C, the brackets G are madewithout the braces g', and have cross -heads `-'formed upon their baseswhich underlap the springs B, and are secured to said springs by boltsor clips.

In the case,I of double-perch wagons, the brackets G maybe attached tothe lower parts of thesprings B, and the brackets E to the bottom of thebody D.

i By this construction, as the springs B are compressed, bringing thebrackets G closer to the brackets E, the slack of the brace-plates Fwill be taken up by the curved arms of the brackets, so that the saidbrace-plates will al'- 1 ways be sut'eiently taut to prevent anytwisting of the springs by the surging of the body D I am aware thatbrackets have been heretotoresecured to a perch and springs, as well ascoupled with a steel plate to form the brace, but

What I claim is- The combination with a vehicle perch and springs, ofbrackets G having coupling-box at base, and plates F reversely curved atthe endsas shown and described, in order to form fclouble-acting bracethat will allow the springs to come together without striking perch orbody, and Without making any rattling or noise.

LEWIS P. VVORRALL.

